Power

Monthly Issue | October 15, 2008

Scorching asphalt and solar power
Scorching asphalt and solar power

Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a summer afternoon knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun’s warmth. Now, a research team at…


POWER digest (October 2008)

News items of interest to power industry professionals. EDF and CGNPG create joint venture for Taishan nukes. Électricité de France (EDF) and the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG) on…


Hand-arm vibration gauge
Hand-arm  vibration gauge

No U.S. federal standards exist to limit worker exposure to hand-arm vibration (HAV), but the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health suggests that high HAV acceleration levels (5-36 m/s2)…


Dubuque Generating Station, Dubuque, Iowa
Dubuque Generating Station, Dubuque, Iowa

Owner/Operator: Alliant Energy Top Plant: Alliant Energy’s Dubuque Generating Station is a fine example of why small doesn’t mean insignificant in the power generation industry. This winner of the EUCG Best Performer…


Double duty flowmeter
Double duty flowmeter

As fluid passes through Exact Flow’s new DX-DL dual-rotor turbine flowmeter, the dual rotors become hydraulically coupled due to their counter-rotation. Not only does this allow the rotors to overcome…